white house tapes of the nixon administration, 1971-1973

White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Conversation No. 505-001 Conversation No. 505-002 Conversation No. 505-003 Conversation No. 505-004 Conversation No. 505-005 Conversation No. 505-006 Conversation No. 505-007 Conversation No. 505-008 Conversation No. 505-009

Conversation No. 505-010 Conversation No. 505-011 Conversation No. 505-012 Conversation No. 505-013 Conversation No. 505-014 Conversation No. 505-015 Conversation No. 505-016 Conversation No. 505-017 Conversation No. 505-018 Conversation No. 505-019 Conversation No. 505-020 Conversation No. 505-021

Conversation No. 505-001

Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:08 am and 10:03 am Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Charles W. Colson -Assignment

-Unknown activity of May 25, 1971 -Letters

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.

Conversation No. 505-002 Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:08 am and 10:03 am

Location: Oval Office The President dictated a memorandum.

President dictates a memorandum -William P. Rogers -Middle East

-Israel


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-Jewish community in US -Jewish lobby

-US aid

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[505-002-w001] [Duration: 13s] The President dictates a memorandum

-Middle East -Israel -US aid -Counter to US security interests

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The President dictates a memorandum -Middle East -Israel

-Jewish lobby

-Financial contributions to Congressmen and Senators -Media -US security interest

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The President dictates a memorandum -Middle East

-Israel -Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration, 1956 -Israelis -British

-French -War -Role of major powers -Receded from world affairs

-The President’s campaign -John Foster Dulles -Aswan Dam a mistake -Contributed to events of 1956

-US policy favors Israel too much ******************************************************************************


-US policy post 1956 -Persecution of Jews during World War II -Condition of Arab refugees -President's African trip, 1957

-Israel -Egypt -Morocco -Tunisia

-Reaction by US Jewish community to report ******************************************************************************



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[505-002-w003] [Duration: 15s]

The President dictates a memorandum -Middle East -Israel -Current policy

-US interests are paramount ******************************************************************************


-Current policy -Political decisions

-Peace prospects




-Current policy -National security -Side with Israel when necessary -Use as deterrent

-Peace -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Strong influence on Egypt and other countries -Interests of US


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-Israel -Egypt -Jordan

-Arabs–Israelis -Even-handed policy [Pause]

Instructions on dictated statement -William P. Rogers -Transcription

-Top secret–eyes only -Addressing Israel

-Leaders -1970 election in US -1972 election in US -Quaker group

-Memorandum -Max M. Fisher -Percentage of Jewish vote -The President’s opinion

-US policy -Aid to Israel -William P. Rogers's recommendations -Agreement by June or July 1971

-Override vetoes -John N. Mitchell -Israeli settlement -Influence of political considerations

-1972 election -Egypt -US arms sales -Anwar el-Sadat

-Presence of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Policy of reconciliation -Aid


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Israel -Leaders -Israeli settlement

-Negotiations

-President’s possible role


Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:08 am and 10:03 am Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

Unknown person's schedule

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.


Date: May 26, 1971 Time: 10:03 am - 11:35 am Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

Police -Funeral

-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Richard A. Moore -Memorandum to William P. Rogers -Telephone call to widow of policeman


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-Moore -President’s view -Richard S. Schweiker

-Bill -John N. Mitchell -Vietnam -Demonstration

-Constituency -Moore -Peter M. Flanigan -Riots

-Police Benevolent Association [PBA] -Charles W. Colson -Moore

-Black Panthers

-Bobby G. Seale -Jury

-Chicago -Unknown woman

Marijuana

-Statement -Domestic Council

-News summary -Jews

-Psychiatrists -Moore

-Legalization -Congress

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:08 am.

President’s schedule

-Nguyen Van Thieu -Possible meeting

-Date -Frederick L. Hovde -California

-Budget Sessions


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-North Vietnam -Forthcoming appointments -Paris

-Meeting with Thieu -People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Date of Meeting -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

-Aleksei N. Kosygin’s letter -Walt W. Rostow

-Lyndon B. Johnson Appreciation -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

-Proposed Trips -Korea -PRC -Greece

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[Duration: 20s] The President’s schedule -Spiro T. Agnew

-Proposed trips -Greece -The President’s opinion -Military

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The President’s schedule -Spiro T. Agnew -Proposed trips

-Korea


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-Thailand -Japan

-Kissinger's trips

-Korea -PRC

-Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip

-Deception ******************************************************************************


[505-004-w012] [Duration: 11s] The President’s schedule

-Spiro T. Agnew -Proposed trips -Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan -Pakistanis

-US ambassador -Bhutan ******************************************************************************

The President’s schedule -Spiro T. Agnew

-Proposed trips -Pope Paul VI

-Rogers -John A. Volpe

-Italy -Spain -Portugal -Congo


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-Kenya -Cabinet officers’ trips

-Trip report

-Robert H. Finch -Donald H. Rumsfeld

-Maurice H. Stans -Reports

-[Forename unknown] Gleason -Vice President's proposed trips

-Greece -Indonesia

-Australia -New Zealand -Thailand -Iran

-Cabinet officers -Air Force One -Rogers

William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Unknown religious persecution case

-Riga, Latvia -Nikita S. Khrushchev

-Meeting with the President -Anti-Semitism

-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Poland

-James O. Eastland -Negroes

-Poles -Anti-Semitism

-Rogers -Agnew’s possible trip to Israel

Graham

Vice Presidential trips

-Africa -Congo


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-Europe -Austria -Hungary

-Scandinavia -Denmark -Sweden

-Austria

-Germany -Berlin

Dobrynin

-Summit

Planned press conference -Timing

-Audience -Moore -Timing

Schedule -Forthcoming remarks at US Military Academy at West Point

-Moore

Press conference -Timing -Publicity

Killing of policemen in New York and Washington, D.C. -Support of police

-Staff -Negroes

-Policeman [Waverly Jones] -Funeral, May 25, 1971

-Seale -Mood of country

-John A. Scali -Moore -Mitchell -Civil rights


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-Plot Max M. Fisher and Rabbi [Forename unknown] Schecter

-Request to see President

-Plight of USSR Jewry -Telegram -Nature of issue -State Department

-President’s comments on January 11, 1971 -Political issue

-Patrick J. Buchanan

Kissinger’s forthcoming talk at Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Foreign policy -Vietnam

-President’s comments at briefing for Southern Regional Media, May 25, 1971

-USSR -PRC

Schedule

-Press conference -Timing

-Vietnam -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

-Trip -Announcement

Letter to President from Indira Gandhi

-India -Military action

-Pakistan -Yahya Khan

-Indians -Ambassador -Yahya Khan -Refugees

-East Pakistan ******************************************************************************


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Letter to President from Indira Gandhi -Indians -Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan -Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion

-Famine -War -Henry A. Kissinger’s comments on aggressiveness

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Book on foreign policy

-Henry Brandon -SALT

Press view of President

-Domestic policy -Foreign policy

-Vietnam -Polls

-Public opinion -Thieu

-John F. Kennedy -Lyndon B. Johnson

-Trust -Laos

-Cambodia -Explanation

-Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Casualties

-PRC -USSR


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-Middle East -Cuba

-Domestic situation -Economy

Vietnam

-President's meeting with Senators -Howard H. Baker, Jr.

-Abrams -Possibility of peace

-Ceasefire -Announcement

-South Vietnamese -Election

-Public disbelief -Gallup poll -Press

-Establishment

-Congressional action -News summary -Vote on draft

-Gaylord Nelson amendment

-John V. Tunney -Tunney amendment

-Edward M. Kennedy -Polls

-Results -Effect of Laos

-Press -Problems

-Public understanding -Rogers -Melvin R. Laird

-News blackout

-Abrams -Cambodia

-Nature of war -Italians


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-US Civil War -Responsibility

-Laird

-Robert F. Froehlke ******************************************************************************

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[505-004-w013] [Duration: 9s] Vietnam

-Polls -[First name unknown] Henderson -Performance -Court martial

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Vietnam -Polls

-Abrams -Gen. William C. Westmoreland [?]

-Laird -Public views

-SALT -PRC

-Patriotism -Newspaper columns -Television

-Press

-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid -John W. Chancellor -Effect of pictures

-Vietnam war


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-Casualties -Laos

-Casualties

-Tchepone -Vietnam

-Negotiations -Green Bay Packers

-Comparison -President’s comments at briefing for Southern Regional Media, May 25, 1971

-Uncertainties -Vietnam

-USSR -PRC -Middle East -Berlin

-Cuba -Vietnam

-Possible peace settlement -Thieu

-Forthcoming election -Saigon

Race relations

-Blacks -Vernon C. Coffey

House of Representatives

-Camp Pendleton -Lease

-Committee -Review

California political situation

-F. Edward Hébert

Summit with USSR

PRC -United Nations [UN]


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-Rogers -President's meeting with Kissinger and Rogers -UN decision

-Two China policy -Perceived cynicism -Detente -Taiwan

-Right-wingers -Kissinger's meeting with Rogers, May 25, 1971 -President's forthcoming meeting with Kissinger and Rogers

-President’s forthcoming meeting with Councils of the Arts

-Laird -National Security Council [NSC] -Poll

-UN

-Consultations -Britain

-Proposed meeting -Harold Lee

-Kissinger's schedule -Meeting

-Rogers -President's forthcoming call

-Golf -PRC -Press conference

-Timing

-Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]

Vietnam -Kissinger's schedule

-Trip to Paris -Timing -Unknown Man -French

-Rogers’ concern -North Vietnamese -Jean Sainteny -Kissinger's trip to England


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-Cover for trips -Rogers -Sainteny

-Ho Chi Minh -Haldeman’s view -Rogers -SALT

-Kissinger The President left at an unknown time after 10:03 am.

-PRC trip -Rogers -Private trip -Publicity

-Rogers -Lack of knowledge -Suspicion

-London

-Sainteny -Cover

-Rogers’ forthcoming trip to Paris -Sainteny

-Elliot L. Richardson -SALT

The President returned at an unknown time before 11:07 am.

-Middle East -Rogers

-Cover for forthcoming trip -Informing Rogers

-Rogers’ forthcoming trip -Possible story

-Gen. James D. ("Don") Hughes -Military plane

-Friends -England

-Paris -Sainteny


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Council of the Arts

-Nancy Hanks

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:07 am]

[Conversation No. 505-4A] [See Conversation No. 3-126]

[End of telephone conversation]

President's meeting with Kissinger and Rogers -PRC

President's schedule

-Golf

The President talked with Rogers between 11:07 am and 11:11 am ******************************************************************************


[505-004-w014] [Duration: 9s] [Conversation No. 505-4B]

[See Conversation No. 003-127] ******************************************************************************



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SALT -Announcement of agreement, May 20, 1971

Foreign policy -Rogers -Public understanding

-Intellectual elite

-USSR -PRC -Peace

Vietnam -Casualties

-Figures

President's visit to Birmingham, Alabama -Bands

-Number -Reserve Officer Training Corps [ROTC]

-Schools bands -Certificate of appreciation -Advance men

Rose Mary Woods entered at 11:13 am. Kissinger left at 11:14 am.

Xerox copy -Typing

Jewish vote

-Kissinger’s view

Typewriter -International Business Machines [IBM]

-Size -Type

Jews in USSR


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-Possible meeting with the President -Fisher -Paul W. McCracken

-Rabbi Schecter -Fisher

Woods left at 11:23 am.

[No conversation]


-Mitchell's meeting with Richardson -Mayflower Hotel -Drug abuse

-Foundation

-Jack E. (“Jack”) Ingersoll -President's appearance

-Publicity -Drugs

-John D. Ehrlichman -Publicity

-Maine -Jack J. Dreyfuss, Jr.

-Hughes -Security check

-President's possible visit -Weather

-Mitchell’s and Richardson’s meeting -Mayflower Hotel

-News summary -Leonard Garment

-Briefing -Hanks


-Forthcoming address to Council of the Arts -Mayflower Hotel -News summary -Garment


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-Hanks -Political issue -Coverage

-Arts -Public television

-Peter M. Flanigan -Frank Pace

-Robert [unintelligible surname]

President’s trip -News summary

-Birmingham, Alabama -Coverage -George C. Wallace -Other trips

-Midwest -Small towns

-Mobile -Chicago and suburbs

-Southern Regional media meeting -Midwest and South -Herbert G. Klein

-American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]


-Harry S. Dent -Meeting with Haldeman

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.



-Advance men

-Authority -Haldeman -Approved list

-Jim Martin


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-Dent -Additions -Dent

-Cancellations -State chairman -Dent -State chairman

President's trip -Staff response

-William E. Timmons -Coverage

-Alabama -Coverage -Crowds -News summary

-Coverage -Frank Cormier

-Demonstrators -Dan Rather

-Coverage -Signs -Ronald L. Ziegler -Strategy

The President and Haldeman left at 11:35 am.


Date: May 26, 1971 Time: 12:13 pm - 12:20 pm Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

Luncheon


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-Working lunch for Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud [Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia], May 27, 1971

-Number of guests

-Program -Seating in the State Dining Room -Number -John B. Connally

-Spiro T. Agnew -Number -Announcement

-Blue Room

-Refreshments -Entertainment -State Dining Room -Press

-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins -President's toast

-Response by King Faisal -Interpreter

-Interpreter -Refreshments -Food -Refreshments

-Clark MacGregor -Number -Working lunch

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Luncheon -Working lunch -Congressional attendees


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Luncheon

-Conservatives -MacGregor

-Oil people -Nelson A. Rockefeller

-Receiving line -Alternative

-Duration Butterfield left at 12:20 pm.


Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:43 pm Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. **********************************************************************

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[505-006-w002] [Duration: 9s]

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Working lunch with Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud -Henry A. Kissinger -The President’s opinion -The President’s view on lunch

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Political views of attendees -Jews -Antisemitism

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Briefings for President -John R. Price, Jr. -Council of the Arts -Birmingham

-Southern Regional Media -Mobile -Materials

-Value

-Price -Need for editor -Background

-White House staff

-John D. Ehrlichman -Domestic Council -Research staff

-Information

-Staff size -Paperwork -Need for editor, manager -Political information


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-Mayors -High school bands

-Time and space limits

-Points to cover -Need to condense

-Ehrlichman -Revenue sharing

-President's time -Trip to Alabama

-Advance work -Quality

-Governors -Bands -Dwight L. Chapin

-Motorcade stops

-Birmingham -Crowd size

-Advisor in car -Birmingham

-Length -Police -Crowds -Photograph

-Crowds -Location -Mexico

-Police

-Barricades Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:28 pm.

Press conference -Announcement

-Time -Day

Albert Watson

-Edward M. Kennedy -Possible appointment to Court of Military Appeals


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-Confirmation -Blacks

-Armed services

-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. -Richard B. Russell's assistant

-Court -John Russell

-James F. Byrnes -Black

-Appointment -Watson

-Handling of announcement -Instructions for Ziegler’s forthcoming press conference

-Lack of decision -Possible Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC] appointment

-Gerald R. Ford -Watson -ICC

-Donald L. Jackson

Ziegler left at 12:31 pm.

ICC

-Roman L. Hruska -Harry S. Dent

Trips

-Motorcade stops -President's location

-Car -Crowd

-Photographs -Position of crowds

Press conference

-Podium -Use

-Signing ceremonies -Citation


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-State arrivals Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.

David K.E. Bruce

-Arrival

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm.

-Appearance -Press conference

-Microphone -Notes -Posture

-Hands

-Camera -American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]

Trips

-Motorcade -Advance man -Crowds -President's location

-Car -Directions on hand shaking

-Microphones -Appearance

-Dignity -Airport crowds

-Car -Use

-President's stops -Reasons -Birmingham

Program attendees -Bertram S. Brown

-Marijuana -Question of legalization


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-President’s participation

Portraits of the President

-Charlie Daniels’ brother -Request

-Reply -Time

-Vice Presidential busts -Lyndon B. Johnson

-Johnson Library -The President

-Possible remaking -Agnew -The President

-Time done

-Sculpting from photograph -Agnew -Requests -President's time

-Look photography -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins

-Camera angles -News photos

-Face -Atkins

Television appearances

-[Dwight] David, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Constance M. Stuart -President's decision -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

-White House assistant -Photos -Unknown photo

-Girl

-Ziegler -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Coverage

-Photograph


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Haldeman left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm.



The President met with David K.E. Bruce and Henry A. Kissinger; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

Bruce's schedule

Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud luncheon, May 27, 1971 -Time -Bruce's attendance -Number in attendance

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[Duration: 14s] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud luncheon, May 27, 1971 -The President’s opinion

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[Camera noise] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud luncheon, May 27, 1971

-Menu *********************************************************************


[505-007-w006] [Duration: 10s] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud luncheon, May 27, 1971

-Menu -No pork *********************************************************************

Meeting between Bruce and Kissinger -Lunch

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

-Progress -Delay

-Appearance -President's meetings -Bruce's resignation

-Postponement

Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time after 12:43 pm.

Refreshments

Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 1:17 pm.

-Kissinger conference with Bruce


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Vietnam negotiations

-Possible progress

-Timing -Bruce’s resignation -Negotiation process

-Accomplishment

-Stalemate **********************************************************************

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[505-007-w008] [Duration: 27s] Vietnam negotiations

-David K. E. Bruce's appointment -Negotiation process -The President’s position -Destruction as a topic

-Frustration **********************************************************************

Bruce's resignation

-Possible departure from Paris -Unknown person

-Jean Monnet -Bruce’s health -Age -Residence

-Vacation -Bruce's health

-British -Timing


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-Spain -Mediterranean -Bruce's health


-Future -Prisoners of War [POWs]

-North Vietnamese -Possible progress

-Timing -Bruce's resignation

-Timing -Paris talks -US negotiations

-Rank

-Bruce's future -POWs

-Families -Future forum

-Bruce's possible appointment -Consultant to the President -Bruce’s experience -State Department

-Bruce’s view of status -Goals

-Terminal date -Settlement

-Ceasefire -Troop withdrawal -Ceasefire -US troops

-North Vietnamese -Bruce's schedule -W. Averell Harriman -State Department

-Llewellyn E. (“Tommy”) Thompson, Jr. -Resignation

-Date -Kissinger


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People's Republic of China [PRC] trip

-Kissinger’s forthcoming discussion with Bruce

-President’s conversation with Kissinger -US table tennis team

-Visit to PRC -Trade and travel

-Presidential candidate -Cabinet -Maurice H. Stans -Edward M. Kennedy

-Edmund S. Muskie -Kissinger’s Harvard University colleague

-PRC -President’s plans

-Bruce’s position -PRC

-Compared with USSR -President's talk with Kissinger

-Candidates for possible trip to PRC -Bruce

-South Vietnamese -End of war

-Timing -US-PRC relationship

-Bruce’s view



People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Japanese and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]


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People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Jean Sainteny

-PRC -Negotiating posture

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[Duration: 7s] People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Jean Sainteny’s opinion of negotiating strategy

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People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Jean Sainteny -PRC -Negotiating posture

-Bruce -Japanese

-Compared with Chinese -Chinese

-Japanese -PRC

-Attitudes toward others -World

-USSR -Japanese -USSR -Indians


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-Bruce -Lunch

-PRC

-Bruce's health **********************************************************************

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Bruce and Kissinger left at 1:17 pm.



The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.


Telephone call



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-Executive Office Building [EOB] -Edward J. Kiernan call

Butterfield left at 1:26 pm.


Date: May 26, 1971

Time: Unknown between 1:26 pm and 1:30 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 3-128]


Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:22 pm until 1:37 pm Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

Letter -Proofreading

-William P. Rogers -Delivery -Maggie Russell

The President’s schedule -Possible visits


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Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Eugene Warner -Lunch with Rose Mary Woods and Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

-Letter to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz -Requests a visit in September 1971 -Melvin R. Laird

-Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia -James D. (“Don”) Hughes -Henry A. Kissinger -Considerations

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The President’s schedule -Possible visits

-Claude Pepper -Archbishop

-Harry S. Dent -Rebozo

Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

-Letter to Woods -Book on Thomas Jefferson -Proposed book

-President's views on Jefferson, [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, and

Theodore Roosevelt -Knopf -Timing -Raymond K. Price, Jr.


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-Woods’ talk with Price

Letter

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] delegation

Book presentations

-John B. Connally -Frame -Costs -Speaker of the House

-Connally

Presidential libraries -Lyndon B. Johnson

-Dedication speech -Date -Press -Cost

-John F. Kennedy -Johnson -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Harry S. Truman

-Franklin D. Roosevelt -Use of money

-Analogy to lighting White House -Size

-President's papers -Commitment -Left-wing scholars -Vice presidential papers

-Edward L. Morgan -Gift of papers

-Taxes -Vice presidential papers

Police funeral

-Effect -Stock market


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-New York City -John V. Lindsay -Police brutality

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[Duration: 3m 51s] Dinner, May 25, 1971 -Waldorf Astoria Ballroom

-Honoring Edward [surname unknown] -H. Ross Perot's attendance -Depression -[First name unknown] Whitney

-Prison An event -The President's letter

-Response -Spiro T. Agnew -Response -Agnew family

-Rose Mary Woods -John Coleman -Response -George Champion, Jr.

-Unknown woman -Sisters in attendance -Rose Mary Woods’s comments -The President’s opinion

-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo’s comments -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Tribute to Sue [?] [surname unknown] -Unknown woman


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-Rose Mary Woods’s comments -Previous appearance -Psychiatrist

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[The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 1:37 pm] [Conversation No. 505-10A]

[See Conversation No. 3-129] [End of telephone conversation]

Woods left at 1:37 pm.



The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

President’s schedule -Meeting with Charles W. Colson




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The President met with an unknown man.

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[Personal Returnable] [505-012-w001] [Duration: 6s]

Request -Coffee **********************************************************************

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:41 pm.



The President met with Charles W. Colson.

Killing of policeman in New York

-President’s view -White House staff inaction

-Contacting widows -Washington, DC police shooting


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-Race -White House response

-Colson's response

-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] involvement -Public action -Justice Department -Colson's response

-Funeral -President's call to Edward J. Kiernan

-Leak to New York Daily News -Exploitation of issue

-Justice Department -Richard S. Schweiker -Richard A. Moore -Justice Department

-Possible conspiracy -Justice Department

-Call to John W. Dean, III -Legal basis

-Revolutionary conspiracy -Smith Act

-Need for action -J. Edgar Hoover

-Public opinion **********************************************************************


[505-013-w001] [Duration: 37s] Heidi Ann (Fletcher) Heins

-The President’s opinion -Similarity to father Thomas W. Fletcher, Jr. -Charles W. Colson’s opinion


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Killing of policeman in New York -Need for legislation -Justice Department

-Bureaucracy

-Dean -Smith Act

-FBI involvement -Richard G. Kleindienst

-Justice Department -Constitutional rights

-President's announcement -Bombing, 1970

-Nixon bill on shooting policemen -Blacks

-Black Panthers -Black policeman

-Support for President -Social issue

-Race and crime -Concern over incidents in community

-Interviews in Harlem -Possible visit to President -Schweiker's bill -Ronald L. Ziegler

-Press conference -Publicity from phone calls and letters -National fund for children

-Scholarships

-Moore -President’s position -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy

-Position

-Washington, D.C. police -James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. column

-Mailing -Edmund S. Muskie


Page | 46

-Demonstrators -(Madame) Nguyen Thi Binh -Hanoi

Congress

-Amendments -Draft

-Edward W. Brooke -Robert P. Griffin -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Peace issue

-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -J. William Fulbright quote

-William S. White -Support

-Democratic presidential candidates -Hubert H. Humphrey -George S. McGovern -Muskie

-Antiballistic Missiles [ABM] -Fulbright

-White -Quote

-ABM -Vote

-Draft -Possible political impact

-Doves -President's statement on SALT, May 20, 1971 -Henry A. Kissinger

-Colson's talk

-White -Joseph C. Kraft

-Colson's note to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Article on ABM

-Democrats -Unknown person’s column -Washington Post -Democrats


Page | 47

-ABM vote -Disarmament

-Arms control

-Colson's meeting with Brooke -Possible foreign policy speech by Brooke -Brook’s position on ABM -National Security Council [NSC]

-Vote -Timing -House -Senate

-SALT negotiations -Public attention



1972 campaign -Harris poll -Edmund S. Muskie and the President -Percentages

-Gallup poll and White House polls -Previous March–April poll -George C. Wallace -President's gains

-Differences between polls -Gallup poll -Harris poll -Methods of sampling

-Gallup poll compared to Harris poll -Negro vote -Poor vote -The President's gains


Page | 48

-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -“Man of Peace” -Vietnam

-Laos -Economy -Public attitudes -Louis Harris

-Tendency to be negative -The President’s opinion -Charles W. Colson’s comment -The President's Harris poll showing in 1968

-Committed to the President’s reelection -Hawkishness -Charles W. Colson’s comment on sexuality -Joseph W. Alsop

-Isolationism -Democrats -Edmund S. Muskie -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy

-Catholic vote -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy and Edmund S. Muskie -Polling -Eugene J. McCarthy

-Possible candidacy -New York -Issues -Speech in Minnesota

-Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie -Vietnam -Negotiation

-Southerners -The President’s opinion -Flags -God Bless You

-Midwest -Harris poll trial heat -The President’s showing -Hubert H. Humphrey


Page | 49

-South -West -Gallup poll

-Gallup poll -West -Approval rating down -Harris poll

-South -West -Economics -California

-Population compared to the rest of the west -Issues -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Republicans

-Positive feeling -George C. Wallace **********************************************************************

Colson left at 2:02 pm.



The President met with Harold Lee.



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Unknown mutual friends -Dinner -Previous encounter

-The President’s opinion -Jewish Refreshments

-Coffee -Tea Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:17 pm.

President's schedule -Henry A. Kissinger

-Ronald L. Ziegler -Meeting with the Attorney General

-Length -John D. Ehrlichman


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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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Kissinger -Joint meeting

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:17 pm.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:22 pm.

Vietnam

-End of war -US withdrawal

-South Vietnamese -Writers

-Robert Downey[?] -Press

-North Vietnamese military activity

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Mutual mistrust

-President's Experience -Detente -Arms control announcement, May 20, 1971

-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

Kissinger entered at 5:22 pm.

Introductions

Vietnam

Joseph W. Alsop


Page | 52

-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting -Unknown woman

US-USSR relations -Alsop’s view -Mutual mistrust -SALT

-Alsop Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:22 pm.

Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:57 pm.

-Kissinger’s analysis -Initial response to the President -People's Republic of China [PRC]

-Political rivalry

-Ideological leadership of Communist Party -Federal Republic of Germany [FRG] -Middle East

-USSR missile build up

-Jordan -Syria

-Cuban Base -Ideology

-PRC -FRG

-Domestic situation -Berlin

-Middle East -Risk of war

-FRG -Eastern Europe

-Poland -Improvement -President's message

-January 8, 1971


Page | 53

-Detente -Possible effect on western unity

-US-PRC relations

-Lee -US policy

-Ping Pong team -Travel and trade

-Taiwan -British -United Nations [UN] -Mao Tse Tung

-Chou En-lai -Cambodia

-PRC -Laos

-Alsop -PRC and USSR

-Conciliation



US–Union of Soviet Socialist Republics {USSR] relations -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Hong Kong

-Harold Lee -Economic problems -Army -Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion

-Harold Lee’s trip with Spiro T. Agnew -Chou En-lai -1958 -Harold Lee speculation


Page | 54

-Economic and political respectability -Treaties -Mao Tse-tung’s death

-Recommendation for the President -Regionalism -Ho Chi Minh -North Vietnam

-Mao Tse-tung -North Vietnam -Henry A. Kissinger’s assessment -Party bureaucracy

-Mao Tse-tung -American people -Product of capitalists -Chou En-lai

-Possible paths forward -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -India -Taiwan

-Hong Kong -Thailand -Mainland -Chinese people

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Overseas Chinese -Southeast Asia

-Singapore -Lee Kuan Yew

US foreign policy

-PRC and USSR -American people

-Idealism -Korea

-Pragmatic -Idealists


Page | 55

-Press -USSR

-Unilateral disarmament

-Reaction to pragmatism -Fear of war

-Reaction to signs of progress -”Millennium”

-USSR and PRC -World Situation

-PRC -USSR

-Pragmatic leaders -US policy

-Pragmatism -Interest

-USSR and PRC -Evenhandedness

Japan

-Future in world situation -Achievements

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People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Peking -Mainland

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Negotiations -Resolution


Page | 56

Europe -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]

People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Southeast Asia -Reasons against intervention -Harold Lee’s opinion

-Peking -Korea -Proximity to main centers of industry -Communists

Japanese -Feelings toward -Achievements

-Winter Olympics -1972 People’s Republic of China [PRC]

-Chou-En-lai -Communists -Propaganda

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Korea

-Kissinger trip -Agnew

Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo

Presentation of gifts by the President

-Lee's children -Cuff links

-Tie clasps -Paper weight

[General conversation]


Page | 57

-Golf -Chinese food

-Walter H. Annenberg -Tricia Nixon and Edward R.F. Cox

-Wedding date

Lee and Kissinger left at 5:57 pm.


Date: May 28, 1971

Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am Location: Oval Office The President dictated a memorandum.

Dictation

-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Haldeman [?] entered at an unknown time before 9:08 am.


Date: May 28, 1971

Time: Unknown between 8:47 am and 9:08 am Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person.

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[505-016-w001] [Duration: 13s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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Date: May 28, 1971

Time: 9:08 am - 9:12 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with William P. Rogers.

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[Duration: 19s] [See Conversation No. 003-166; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

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Date: May 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:12 am and 11:04 am

Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

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Primaries -John N. Mitchell -Robert A. Taft, Jr.

-Ohio -New Hampshire -Robert A. Taft, Jr. -Move to lock up Ohio

-Talk with John N. Mitchell -Ray C. Bliss -Ohio -New Hampshire

-Stand-ins -Delegates -California -Ronald W. Reagan

-Oregon -Florida -Nebraska

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Page | 60

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:16 am]

[Conversation No. 505-18A] [See Conversation No. 3-167]

[End of telephone conversation] **********************************************************************


[505-018-w002] [Duration: 2m 16s] Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s speech

-Teaching job -Publicity -National Education Association [NEA] types -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

-Salary -Teacher -The President’s opinion -School district's statement

-Security basis -United States Secret Service [USSS] -Publicity -Charles W. Colson

-Democratic County Chairman ***********************************************************************

The White House operator talked with the President at 9:16 am. [Conversation No. 505-18B]


Page | 61



Wiretapping and surveillance -Use

-Edward M. Kennedy -Compared with hiring researchers -Edmund S. Muskie -Kennedy

-Coverage -Chapman’s friend

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:16 am.

Refreshments


Wiretapping and surveillance

-1962 experience -F. Donald Nixon

-President's house -Charles W. Colson -John J. ("Jack") Caulfield -Kennedy

-Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey -Purpose

-Scandal

-Clark R. Mollenhoff

Press conference -Timing

-June 1, 1971 -President's schedule



Page | 62

-Memorial Day -Camp David -Tomb of unknown soldier

Gallup Poll

-David R. Derge -Unknown question

-Partisan line

Public relations -Goals

-Slogans -Richard A. Moore -William L. Safire -Cliff Miller

-Relations with Moore and John A. Scali -Ronald L. Ziegler -Colson

-Democrats

-New Deal -Fair Deal -Great Society -New Frontier

-Republicans -Open Door -Generation of Peace, Revolution

-Importance

-John D. Ehrlichman -Political

Leon Panetta

-Book -Robert Finch

-Difficulties -Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]

Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen

Patrick J. Buchanan


Page | 63

-Forthcoming talk with Haldeman -Conservative

-Jeffry Bull

-Talk with Kevin P. Phillips **********************************************************************


[505-018-w003] [Duration: 1m 58s] Conservatives

-Congress -Columnists -The President’s opinion -Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey

-Ronald W. Reagan -Possible effect on the President in Republican Party -Spiro T. Agnew -Ability to hold off Ronald W. Reagan

-South -Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's talk with Patrick J. Buchanan -Position

-Possible consultant role -Increased visibility -Column -John N. Mitchell

-Strategy **********************************************************************

[The President talked with J. Edgar Hoover between 9:34 am and 9:43 am] [Conversation No. 505-18C]


Page | 64



Hoover -Understanding of publicity

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:43 am.

Announcement of forthcoming press conference

-Timing -June 1, 1971

-Ziegler's talk with William H. Carruthers and Mark I. Goode -Time of day

-Audience -Ratings -Network suggestion

[The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman between 9:45 am and 9:49 am] [Conversation No. 505-18D]

[See Conversation No. 3-170] [End of telephone conversation]

Drugs -Administration awareness of problem -Veterans -Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld

-Report -Hippies

-Travel

Henry A. Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 9:49 am. **********************************************************************


Page | 65

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Drugs -India -Chester Bowles -House in India

-Unknown woman -Filth -Hippies -Junkies

-The President’s assessment as ambassador **********************************************************************

Press conference

Drugs

-Veterans -Program

-Youth -Location

-Veterans -Upper middle class -William B. Saxbe -Congressmen

-Upper middle class

Vietnam -Harvard professors

-Children -Percentage serving and killed

-Saxbe -Congressmen


Page | 66

-Wounded in Vietnam -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

-Navy

-Military service -Yale University commencement speaker

-1970 comments -William F. Buckley's research

-Number killed Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:06 am.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Kissinger's talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Gerard C. Smith

-Cable

-Vladimir F. Semenov -[Forename unknown] Gardiner [sp?]

-Change in USSR statement -Dobrynin

-Talk with the President -Gardiner -Unhappiness of USSR delegation

-USSR establishment

-Leonid I. Brezhnev -Kissinger's call to Dobrynin -Dobrynin's call to Kissinger

-Instructions

-Smith -Statement

Vietnam

-Xuan Thuy -Proposal

-Ceasefire deadline

Kissinger’s schedule

President's schedule -Luis A. Ferré


Page | 67

-William D. Mills [?] -President's forthcoming meeting

-Presentation

-Pictures William P. Rogers -President's conversation of May 28, 1971

-Leak -Anwar el-Sadat -Leak

-Marshall Green

-Rogers ******************************************************************************


[505-018-w005] [Duration: 6s] William P. Rogers

-President's conversation of May 28, 1971 -Melvin R. Laird -The President’s lack of trust

****************************************************************************** William P. Rogers

-President’s conversation of May 28, 1971 -Melvin R. Laird

-Green -Leak

-Reason -People's Republic of China [PRC]

PRC


Page | 68

-Polls -Forthcoming poll -Louis P. Harris poll

-Wording -Admission into United Nations [UN] -Dual representation

-PRC and Taiwan, Republic of China

-Population -Charles W. Colson and Harris

-Flyer -Relations with PRC

-Questions [The President spoke with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:49 am and 10:06 am.]

[Conversation No. 505-18E]

-Harris poll

-Delivery to the President [End of telephone conversation]

-Negotiations -Timing

Vietnam

-Xuan Thuy -US position

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:49 am.


-Negotiations

-US position -Timing -US position

-Political settlement


Page | 69

-Nguyen Van Thieu -Meeting with the President

-Timing

-North Vietnamese response -Timing

-Possible South Vietnamese position -Tone

-Norodom Sihanouk -David K.E. Bruce -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Cambodia

-Settlement

PRC -Harris poll

-Size -Question on admission of PRC to United Nations -Difference between 1968 and 1971 polls -Timing of 1971 poll

-Diplomatic recognition -Ambassador

-Two China policy -1968 compared with 1971 polls

-Harris poll compared with White House polls -Wording of questions

-Geographic breakdown -Midwest

-South -Age groups -Voters

-Hubert H. Humphrey

-The President -George C. Wallace

-White House poll -PRC

-Initiative -Communists -Table tennis team

-Visit


Page | 70

-US recognition -Importance of communication

-Publication

-State Department -Timing -Release

-UN vote

-Two China policy -US position -Public opinion

Haldeman left at 10:06 am. Mills entered at 10:07 am.


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William O. Mills -Congratulations by the President -Howard H. Baker, Jr.

-Ronald L. Ziegler [?] -Votes -Support for the President -Issues

-Welfare -Economy -District -Support for the President

-A rally -Salisbury, Maryland -Spiro T. Agnew


Page | 71

Members of the press entered at an unknown time after 10:07 am [General conversation]

[Photo session] Members of the press left at an unknown time before 10:20 am

Presentation of gifts by the President -Cuff links -Golf balls

-Gift for secretary **********************************************************************

Mills left at 10:20 am.

Polls on PRC

-International interests -Domestic interests -Effect on domestic situation -Harry S. Dent

-Gallup -Results

-PRC compared with Vietnam -Effect on US policy

Foreign trips

-Two China policy -Delay

-USSR response to summit proposal -Timing

-Release of poll -Timing

-US policy -Delay -Rogers

-Consultation with allies


Page | 72

-Domestic considerations -Peking trip

-Timing of announcement

-Summit with USSR -Dobrynin

-Peking trip -Announcement

-Timing -1972 Elections -Democratic Convention -Lyndon B. Johnson

-1968 bombing pause -Completion of foreign policy initiatives

-Date -USSR Summit

-PRC Summit -Timing

-1972 Election -Democrats

-Harvard Professor -PRC -Trips to Peking

-Opposition leaders

-USSR Summit -Announcement -Dobrynin -Deadline

-Time restrictions -China card

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 10:20 am

-PRC

-Timing of reply -Peking trip

-Trip by the President -Trip by Kissinger

-President's trip to Peking -Timing


Page | 73

-Kissinger's secret trip -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Schedule

-Arrangements -Jean Sainteny

-Bruce -Kissinger's talk

-Support of the President -Dean G. Acheson -Attendance on trip -Negotiations

-Unknown person -Possible call -State Department -Rogers

-Negotiations -Prisoners of War [POWs]

-Foreign Service -Walter P. McConaughy

-Taiwan -[David] Kenneth Rush

-Berlin



Foreign trips -Egon Bahr -A leak

-Willy Brandt -Dinner -Henry A. Kissinger -Personal intervention


Page | 74

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President’s leadership

-Foreign policy -Clark MacGregor

-Comments at staff meeting -PRC and USSR -Senate and foreign policy

-J. William Fulbright

-State Department -Totalitarianism -Rogers -John Foster Dulles

-Dwight D. Eisenhower -Rogers -North Vietnam, PRC, USSR -PRC

-Foreign minister -Chou En-lai -Yeh Chien-ying

-Rogers

-Andrei A. Gromyko -Press -Manner -Brezhnev

-Politburo -MacGregor -Votes -William B. Saxbe

-John Sherman Cooper -Kissinger's attendance at dinner at Marquis Childs’ home

-Kennedy Center -Statement on Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., amendment

-Apology -Childs

-Article -Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty [SALT]


Page | 75

-Public -MacGregor

-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield

Henry A. Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin

-Semenov -Hotline Agreement

-SALT

Public opinion on foreign initiatives -President's conversation on Air Force One

-Lyndon B. Johnson Library -Presidential initiatives

-Senate -Mutuality

Kissinger’s relationship with Dobrynin

-Kennedy Center -Dobrynin

-Llewellyn E. ("Tommy") Thompson, Jr. -Summit

Rogers

-Compared with Elliot L. Richardson -State Department

Announcement on PRC policy

-Rogers -Domestic considerations -USSR -Initiative

-Summit -Forthcoming press conference, June 1, 1971

-Response to possible questions -Consultations with allies

-President's credibility -Press -Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson

-Budget


Page | 76

-Public opinion -Polls

-Press

-Kissinger's dinner parties -John W. Chancellor -Laotian operation


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Announcement on People’s Republic of China [PRC] policy -The President’s credibility -Trip to Alabama

-George C. Wallace -The President’s belief regarding support for George C. Wallace Polls

-White House -States -Indiana -The President vs. Birch E. Bayh, Jr.

-Alabama -The President vs. George C. Wallace **********************************************************************

Foreign policy -R. Sargent Shriver comment

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Page | 77


[505-018-w016] [Duration: 4s] Foreign policy

-R. Sargent Shriver comment -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion -Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion

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Foreign policy

-Democratic administrations -PRC -Test Ban Treaty

-USSR

-US interest -Edward Teller -President’s support -USSR interest

-Disarmament -Cuban missile crisis -Berlin Wall -Laos

-Death of Ngo Dinh Diem -Nixon administration

-Vietnam War -USSR

-PRC -Humphrey

-Moratorium on Antiballistic Missile's [ABMs] -Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicle's [MIRVs]

-Administration policy -Press play -Political issue -Administration


Page | 78

Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle

-President's telephone calls, May 27, 1971

-O’Boyle -James Cardinal McIntyre

-Support for the President -Vietnam War

-Washington Post -Church -George Meany

Vietnam -Meany -President's policy

-Senators

-Demonstrators -Press

-Frank F. Mankiewicz


Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [505-018-w013] [Duration: 45s]

Vietnam -The President's policy -Press

-Frank F. Mankiewicz -Joining George S. McGovern’s staff -Foreign vs. domestic policy -Democrats

-Domestic policy stances -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Spending -Social programs


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-Memorandum by John A. Scali -Kissinger

-Peace -Combat role and peace offer

-Timing -Thieu

-North Vietnamese answer -Midway meeting with Thieu

-Press -Announcement

-Troop withdrawals -Thieu -Rogers -Laird

-Thieu -Combat role of Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN]

-Timing -Press

-Military withdrawals -Timing

-Thieu -US combat role

-North Vietnamese -Peace offer

-Meetings -Possible delay

-Possible consequences -Thieu meeting

-Timing

Vietnam -Press

-American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Casualties


Page | 80

-Colson -Compared with earlier figures

-Drug problem

-Casualty figures

Press treatment of administration -Report on consumer price index [CPI]

-Price rise -Importance of administration achievements

-Publicity

Berlin -Publicity -A leak -Summit with USSR

-Timing -Egon Bahr

-Invitation to January 1971 moon launch -Kissinger

-Rush -SALT

-Crisis -US credit

-World peace -Middle East -Vietnam

-Risk

-PRC and USSR -Middle East -Berlin

-USSR

-Berlin -Egypt

-US negotiations with USSR -USSR concessions

-Document -Wording

-Access -German Democratic Republic [GDR]


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-Harry S. Truman -Franklin D. Roosevelt

-Kissinger's call to Dobrynin

-Meeting with Rogers -Gromyko

-Summit

The President's draft -Forthcoming remarks at US Military Academy at West Point, New York, May 29,

1971 -John K. Andrews, Jr.

-Outline

Arts Council -President's remarks

-Press coverage -President's memorandum

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Press coverage

-Mamie G.D. Eisenhower -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson

-Reception -Press quote of Mrs. Nixon

President's speech at West Point

-Kissinger's review

Kissinger left at an unknown time before 10:25 am.

Mrs. Nixon -Press coverage

Kissinger's acquaintances

President's forthcoming trip to West Point

-Ceremonies -Parade field -Mrs. Nixon -Sabre presentation


Page | 82

-President's remarks -President's review

Ziegler entered at 10:25 am.

ABC "Issues and Answers" -Scali

-Panel -Donald W. Riegle, Jr. -Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. -Riegle

-Previous discussion with the President -Denial of allegation

-McCloskey -William F. Buckley, Jr. interview

-ABC -Ziegler

-Riegle -1968 campaign

-Michigan Ziegler left at 10:35 am.

West Point visit -President's review

-Departure by helicopter -Mess hall

-Greeting -President's remarks

-Amnesty order -Press coverage

-Timing -Parade -Crowd -Motorcade

-Chapel visit -Trophy point -Superintendent's house

-Possible reception


Page | 83

-Compared with Newport -Crowd -Chapel

Birmingham visit

-Foreign trips -Advance work

-Crowd location -Automobile

-Leaving

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:35 am.

Meeting with Ferré -Length

-Photograph -Puerto Rico


Presidential visits

-Ronald H. Walker -Work

-Alabama -Coverage -Crowd

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 11:04 am.


Date: May 28, 1971

Time: 11:04 am - 11:17 am Location: Oval Office


Page | 84

The President met with Governor Luis A. Ferré, Mrs. Rosario Benigno Trigo, and John C. Whitaker.

Greetings Conditions in Puerto Rico

-Press

-Polls **********************************************************************


[505-019-w001] [Duration: 38s] Conditions in Puerto Rico

-Next election -Same as US -Luís Munoz Marin -Europe

-Memoirs -Luís A. Ferré’s opinion -Scotch and cigars

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Puerto Rico

-Cooperation from administration -Ferré’s plans

-Institute of Social Technology -Latin Americans

-North Americans -US relations

-Prejudice -Radiologists [?]


Page | 85

-Governors Conference -Timing -Invitations

-Eduardo Frei Montalva -Galo Plaza, Alberto Lleras Camargo -Mexico

-Antonio Carillo Flores

-Venezuela -Rafael Caldera

-Brazil -Unknown leader

-Politics -South America

-“North-South Center” -Miguel Alemán

-Mexico -Joaquin Balaguer

-South America -Terrorism

-Universities -Church

-Priests -Military

-Peaceful change -Latin Americans -Democratic society -Middle class

-Puerto Ricans -Discrimination -Taxes -US citizens

-Education -Industry

-Latin America -Cuba

-New York Times -Ferré Contacts -Florida -Cubans in Puerto Rico


Page | 86

-Number -Florida -Cubans

-Negroes -Compared with Cubans

-Cubans -Ownership

-University -Demonstrations -Venezuela -Mrs. Trigo's studies

-Size -Compared with US

-Balaguer -Relations with Latin America

-Dominican Republic -Santo Domingo

-Haiti -Cuba

-Haiti -Population

-Governors' Conference -Haiti

-Compared with Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic] -Geographical proximity -Social makeup

-Government

-Santo Domingo

[Unintelligible]

-Cuba -United Nations [UN] -Puerto Rico -Ferré's statement

-Fidel Castro's possible visit to Puerto Rico -Possible Cuba visit by Ferré

-People's Republic of China [PRC] -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]


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-Puerto Rico -Compared to Hawaii

-North-South Center

-East-West Center -Japanese -Chinese -Indonesians

-Puerto Rican culture -Latin America -Common language and culture

-Brazil

-Manolo Sanchez -John C. Whitaker -Briefing of President -Future contacts with Ferré

-Ferré -Press briefing

-President's position -Understanding

-Peaceful revolution -Commonwealth status -Congress

Ferré -Children

President’s possible visit to Puerto Rico

-Nelson Rockefeller estate -Golf -Governor’s residence

Presentation of gifts by the President -Children of Mrs. Trigo

-Tie clasps -Cuff links

-Golf balls -Paperweight -Children -Secretary


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Photograph

-Car

Tricia Nixon's forthcoming wedding

The President, Ferré, et. al, left at 11:17 am.

Conversation No. 505-020 Date: May 28, 1971 Time: 11:19 am - 11:32 am

Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen Hess, Dr. Edward Zigler, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.; the conversation is in progress when the recording begins; the White House photographer was

present at the beginning of the meeting.

Photo session -Arrangements

White House Conference on Children

-Report

Photograph -Distribution -Copies

The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 11:32 am.

Presentation to the President -Portrait of President by high school student

-Thank you note **********************************************************************


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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/20/2019. Segment cleared for release.]

[Personal Returnable] [505-020-w001] [Duration: 5s]

The President -An experience in 5th grade **********************************************************************

Presidential library -President’s signature

Children’s conference

-Read -Anecdotes

-Arthur G. (“Art”) Linkletter -Children's letters to the President -Dr. Zigler

-White House Conference

-National Child Advocacy Center -Office of Child Development -Function

White House correspondence on children -Establishment of Children's Concern Center

Linkletter

-Book -Letters from kids

Report

-Answering childrens' concerns

Responsiveness of government -Source of ideas for government


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-States -Government

-Size

President's experience in House of Representatives

-Letters -Visits

-Value

Importance of public opinion mail -Ideas

-Compared with government papers -White House staff opinion -Process

The President's appointments -Value

Cancer program proposal

-Funds -Use

Children's concerns

-Amount of attention -Rhetoric -Television -The President's remarks on first five years of life

-Response -Unknown person -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

-Follow-up -The right to read

-Publicity -Educational funds

-National Science Foundation [NSF]

Follow-up -Moynihan


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-Hess -Elliot L. Richardson -Hess

Presentation of gifts by the President

-Golf balls -Paperweight

-Cuff-links -Wives -Secretaries

Children's concerns -Compared with Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT], Middle East, Vietnam

-Henry A. Kissinger -William P. Rogers

-White House policy Hess, et. al., left at 11:32 am.


Date: May 28, 1971 Time: 11:43 am - unknown before 12:08 pm Location: Oval Office

The President met with Torben Ronne and Henry A. Kissinger.

Greetings

Ronne’s tenure in office [?]

Ronne's appreciation

-Departing comments The recording ended at an unknown time before 12:08 pm.

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